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Movie references found in Mass Effect

Movie references found in Mass Effect

The entire Mass Effect game series is brimming with easter eggs and references to other games, movies and other popular culture. Here's a few movie nod though I think I've missed a whole heap of in jokes, direct lines and what not.

The Matrix

Joker refers to humans being organic batterys “Great this is
where it starts, when we're all organic batteries guess who they'll blame?". This is in reference to the artificial intelligence EDI being freed of her programming locks.

A Spacey Odyssey 2001

Joker again. “What?! You're crazy! You start singing Daisy Bell and I'm
done!" – The computer HAL 9000 sang Daisy Bell when it was being
deactivated after going insane (or rampant perhaps). This itself was a
reference to the IBM 7094 which was the first computer to sing and it sang the
same song.

The Princess Bride

Commander Sheppard tells a C-Sec official that he was
"just mostly dead." This was after Cerberus brought him back to life.

Star Trek

In the original ME, Commander Shepard tells a Krogan that
the mine shift is collapsing and will surely kill them all. The Krogan replies,
"Exhilirating, isn't it?", a direct reference to Kingon Kruge's response to
Captain Kirk in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

If you take Sheppard to the Citadel and go to the bar on level 28 you can ask for a drink. The bar tender will pour you a tasty beverage .Shepard will exclaim 'This is green!'. This is a direct reference to Scotty's line from the original Star Trek movie.

ME2 - If you find yourself on Zakera Ward talking to Avina, can ask her why this area is more run down. She says "Asari futurists theorize that poverty will never truly be overcome by society until the invention of Cornucopia technology. A machine that can create anything the user desires. Such objects sadly do not exist out side science fiction literature" This is mostly potentially a reference to the replicator devices from Star Trek.

During a ME3 mission with Tali, Joker activates the stealth
drive saying "the only way they'll notice us is if everyone starts singing
the Russian national anthem."

Battlestar Galactica

OK it's a TV reference but while leaving the Geth Dreadnought Joker says "Just waggle your wings or something so I know which one is you" This is reference to the original Battlestar Galactica episode titled 'The Hand of God.'